bṛ́has-páti m. (also written vṛh°-p°; fr. 3. bṛh + pati; cf. brahmaṇas-pati) ‘lord of prayer or devotion’, N. of a deity (in whom Piety and Religion are personified; he is the chief offerer of prayers and sacrifices, and therefore represented as the type of the priestly order, and the Purohita of the gods with whom he intercedes for men; in later times he is the god of wisdom and eloquence, to whom various works are ascribed; he is also regarded as son of Aṅgiras, husband of Tārā and father of Kaca, and sometimes identified with Vyāsa; in astronomy he is the regent of Jupiter and often identified with that planet), [RV.] &c., &c. (cf. [RTL. 215])
N. of a prince (great-grandson of Aśoka), [Buddh.]
of a king of Kaśmīra, [Rājat.]
of the author of a law-book, [IW. 203]; [302]
of a philosopher, [ib.] [120]
of other authors (also with miśra and ācārya cf. above), [Cat.]
(with āṅgirasa cf. above) N. of the author of [RV. x, 71]; [72]; [Anukr.]